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Latest Dance stories on ABC Tropical Queensland

From the outside, the Mackay Senior Citizen's Hall may not look like an overly exciting place. Step inside on a Wednesday night and the flashing lights, twirling bodies and loud music might just prove that wrong. For the past two decades, people of all ages have gathered to learn a thing or two about ...

Breaking into the acting industry involves having thick skin and the perseverance of a paddle ball player. Someone who knows this all too well is musical theatre performer Troy Woodcroft who has experienced bouncing back from rejection on a number of occasions. ...

Playing a game of squash usually involves bouncing a ball off rackets and walls, but two Mackay performers plan to bounce off their audience instead. Not literally of course... although that could still make for an interesting game....

Latest Dance stories on ABC Online

From the outside, the Mackay Senior Citizen's Hall may not look like an overly exciting place. Step inside on a Wednesday night and the flashing lights, twirling bodies and loud music might just prove that wrong. For the past two decades, people of all ages have gathered to learn a thing or two about ...

An artist who works in just one medium seems to be a thing of the past these days. Lines are blurred; dancers make video art, painters are performance artists. At Carriageworks in Sydney a new exhibition, 24 Frames Per Second, showcases the best of this multi-genre practice. ...

Christian Thompson's maternal heritage in the Cotswolds in rural Oxfordshire and a quintessentially English folk dance inspire his new film work Silence Is Golden. The work was commissioned by Carriageworks in Sydney for 24 Frames Per Second, a startling exhibition which explores the ...